Xuanxia

Chapter 1002 Return to Beijing
"Just do it first, and when you succeed, you will know it naturally."

Ning Wuwang's words echoed in the ears of Fu Qingzhou and Ning Wushu.

He was so confident, so calm, and so matter-of-fact, without a trace of hostility or ferocity on his face.

Fu Qingzhou and Ning Wushou looked at each other, with suspicion in their eyes.

However, Fu Qingzhou promised not to interrupt, so he did not speak.

Ning Wushu pondered for a moment and looked at his brother again: "So, there is nothing to talk about?"

"Originally, there is nothing to talk about." Ning Wuwang said calmly: "If we could talk, I would have talked to you a long time ago."

Ning Wushu frowned.

Ning Wuwang raised his head and looked towards the sky, not knowing what he was looking at.

After a while, he retracted his gaze and said softly, "It's over... Thanks to you, we lost the battle in the capital."

Before Ning Wushu could speak, he continued, "In fact, my suggestion at the beginning was that there was no need to engage in a power struggle in the secular sense - but to achieve our goal, we must have enough power. Therefore, when King Xishuo decided to unite with the aristocratic families, I did not stop him and obeyed his wishes."

"So the failure in the court is nothing... The real regret today is that I was unable to get my father out of seclusion."

Ning Wuwang lowered his eyes, his eyelashes trembling: "I failed three years ago, and I failed this time."

Ning Wushu couldn't help but ask: "What does it mean that my father has come out of seclusion?"

"If you want to know, just do what you think."

Ning Wuwang smiled slightly: "Fight to Fuhe Province, fight to the Western Regions, kill all your enemies, stand in front of us...you will know."

After saying that, he turned his head and looked at Fu Qingzhou.

Fu Qingzhou still had a familiar smile on his face: "Why, Brother Ning is finally willing to talk to me?"

"..."

Ning Wuwang was silent for a moment, then asked, "Will you return Fan Duo, Hui'er, and Yao'er to me?"

Fu Qingzhou looked him straight in the eyes and answered seriously, "Yes."

Ning Wuwang was slightly stunned.

"You see, no matter how profound or mysterious you appear to be, in the end, you still have to return to mundane matters."

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "Actually, this is what I want to say - we are not immortals who have transcended the mortal world. We are human beings, ordinary people. No matter how we fly into the sky, hide in the ground, move mountains and seas, we are still human beings."

"You have a big vision and a high level of perspective, but you still have to worry about your wife and children. This is why I am still willing to talk to you with a smile."

"Brother Ning, if you are someone who can abandon your wife and children today..."

His smile remained the same, but there was a shadow in his eyes: “No matter what the cost, I will kill you first.”

Ning Wuwang frowned: "What exactly do you want to say?"

"He wants to say, we are different from you."

The one who answered him was Ning Wushu.

She had calmed down and said slowly, "We will use your wife and children to lure you here, but we will not use them to threaten you. You can take them with you, but please remember that you think your lofty goals are built on countless blood and death. You have not asked them, but we care about the trivial things in your eyes."

Fu Qingzhou nodded: "A reason that cannot be told to others and cannot be believed by others is not noble in my opinion."

Ning Wuwang's eyes moved slightly.

After a while, he nodded gently: "I understand, I will remember your words."

Ning Wuwang left.

He took Fan Duo and his two sons away. Fu Qingzhou kept his word and did not stop him.

There is no calculation here. He really can't do anything like threatening others' wives and children.

Scaring the child in order to lure out Ning Wuwang was already a very torturous thing for him.

As for the pros and cons? Sometimes, not everything needs to be considered in the best possible light.

Being happy and satisfied is more important to Fu Qingzhou.

The large army set off again, and this time, they reaped a rich harvest.

In addition to Chu Xianghong who was captured before, this time they captured a group of young men and women from aristocratic families, as well as several masters who had never been heard of before. Fu Qingzhou has not had time to interrogate them properly, but he believes that these people can provide a lot of useful information.

On the way back to Beijing, there were no more exciting things like this, but there was a small incident.

When they were less than half a day's journey from the capital, they encountered a small group of fleeing soldiers.

Why are there stray soldiers near the capital?

After catching them and asking them, Fu Qingzhou couldn't hold it anymore... These people were actually the imperial guards!

From their mouths, I learned that in the capital, ever since Ning Wuwang destroyed the Mingjian Pavilion and started a war with the Xuanmeng, the commander of the imperial guards and the chief of the patrol camp had fled... fled...

Yes, they, like the people from the aristocratic families, had already prepared to escape, but the timing was different.

When they fled, they only took a small number of their trusted followers with them.

The lowest-ranking soldiers from the Imperial Guards and the Patrol Battalion arrived at the city gate, opened the gate, and guarded the gate as ordered, and then watched their superiors walk away... It was a long time before they realized that they had been abandoned.

Of course they didn't dare go back to the capital. A few brave ones went back to find out what was going on, but none of them came back.

So, these people also fled...

After hearing the news, Fu Qingzhou felt more relieved.

This also means that the unrest in the capital city has indeed subsided. Their accidental encounter with Ning Wuwang's wife and children and their bringing him here may have really changed everything.

On the sixth day of the eighth month in the twenty-second year of Qianhao in Dayan, at noon, Fu Qingzhou returned to the capital.

He rode a horse, followed by tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and stopped under the closed city gate.

"anyone there?"

He shouted loudly: "Fu Qingzhou is back!"

His voice traveled far away, carried away by the wind. It was not deafening, but it echoed and floated over the entire capital.

There was no response from the city wall.

Fu Qingzhou was not in a hurry - after all, the imperial guards and the patrol camp had all run away, and the people from the aristocratic families had also run away. The capital was not only short of troops, but probably even half of the civil servants in the court were empty. It was normal that there was no one guarding the city gate for a while.

Of course, he didn't wait too long.

Soon, a head popped out from the city gate.

"Brother Fu! Is it really you?!"

Fu Qingzhou raised his head and saw a familiar face.

"Junior Sister Si Yu?" He laughed: "Who else could it be if not me?"

But Si Yu didn't laugh.

Her face was full of anxiety and her head shrank back quickly.

Fu Qingzhou was slightly suspicious.

Ning Wushu and Hua Wuying rode their horses beside him, and the three of them exchanged puzzled looks.

Not long after, the city gate burst open.

The people who opened the door were not soldiers. Judging from their attire, they all looked like people from the martial arts world. They should be members of the Xuan League. When they opened the door, they looked at Fu Qingzhou with curiosity and admiration in their eyes.

The moment the door opened, Si Yu rushed out and said anxiously: "Brother Fu, let's go into the palace quickly! Master said that the emperor is dying!"

(End of this chapter)